Xu Yi's meeting with King Trutz was, in truth, more symbolic than anything else.
As president of the Xinfei Merchant Guild, Xu Yi's personal appearance demonstrated the guild's firm support for the Rulson Kingdom, reassuring King Trutz so that he could focus more fully on defending against the Candel Empire's invasion.
Of course, what truly made a difference was the steady stream of supplies arriving from the Lampari Kingdom, the Stantin Duchy, and the Black Rice Wasteland.
Thanks to the powerful road network and the new logistics network built around Cargo Magic Locomotives, these supplies often took only two or three days after production to reach the Rulson Kingdom's troops who needed them, allowing them to maintain exceptional fighting strength.
This was the most important reason why the Rulson Kingdom's army could not only defeat the far stronger Candel Empire's forces, but also win battle after battle.
King Trutz understood this perfectly. Even without the Xinfei Merchant Guild asking, he had already offered it a series of favorable terms, hoping to secure sufficient support-most importantly, supplies of various types of Military Magic Machinery.
Although the Xinfei Merchant Guild had not publicly declared its position, Xu Yi, as its president, had consistently expressed his support for King Trutz through private channels.
Beyond fulfilling King Trutz's various requests, Xu Yi had even taken the initiative to offer the Rulson Kingdom technology transfers for Magic Repeating Crossbows.
For King Trutz, this was a truly unexpected windfall.
Of course, King Trutz was not the only one who knew full well that the Rulson Kingdom was receiving supplies from various sources. The Candel Empire was not entirely unaware of it either.
At first, the Candel Empire had paid little attention to this. Everyone believed that its overwhelming strength would allow it to crush the Rulson